Leadership Courses

Leadership Essentials

For all volunteer positions working directly with girls.

Leadership Essentials provides you with the tools and techniques to
provide the Girl Scout program in the troop setting. You will learn
troop management including using the VTK for meeting plans, dive into
the Girl Scout Leadership Experience and understand how to incorporate
the Girl Scout processes into your troop. Required training for all
volunteers serving on the leadership team.

2) Volunteer Orientation - face-to-face orientation with a volunteer
(Coach or Service Unit Administrator) or staff member (Troop Support
Specialist), focusing on getting your new troop started. This session
is scheduled by the volunteer or staff member once your registration
and background check are completed. If you need orientation and have
not been contacted, contact Customer Care at 1-800-644-7571 or use the
Contact button on the top of the website.

Bring: Volunteer
Essentials and tech gadget of your choice to access internet
(phone, tablet, laptop). Optional: Journey Adult Guide(s) or
The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting for your age level.Fee: $10 which includes 1 Journey set of your choice upon
completion of the course.Capacity: Minimum 5/Maximum
24Staff Contact: Debbie McDowell-Tate at dmtate@gsle.org

Girl Scouting 201/301 New volunteers should complete this
session within 90 days of starting the troop/group meetings.
Experienced volunteers should complete this course every three (3) years.

This is a face-to-face group session for reviewing the latest GSUSA
program resources: Leadership Journeys and The Girl’s Guide
to Girl Scouting and reinforcing all aspects of girl
led, learning by doing, and cooperative learning into
your troop/group’s experience. This course will focus on general
program aspects for a portion of the class then split into grade-level
specific groups for the remainder of the course. This is a great
course to help you learn how to utilize the Girl Scout program
resources more effectively.

Fee: $5 which includes one (1) Badge Set of your choice upon
completion of the course.Capacity: Minimum 5/Maximum
25 Staff Contact: Debbie McDowell-Tate at dmtate@gsle.org

Darkness to Light® Stewards of Children™ Online Training

Required for at least ONE volunteer per troop and should be
completed once every three (3) years.

A revolutionary sexual abuse prevention training program that
educates adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child
sexual abuse. The program believes and teaches that child safety is an
adult’s job. The program is designed for organizations that serve
children and youth and offers training on the 7 Steps for Protecting
Children from sexual abuse.

This training is not produced by Girl Scouts of the USA or GSLE. It
is required by all volunteers working with children by the State of Louisiana.

Volunteers should go the Darkness to
Light website to complete the training. There is a cost of $10
that must be paid via credit card. Once finished, print a copy of
their certificate and submit to the Community Administrator, Troop
Support Specialist or directly to GSLE Headquarters or Regional
Office. The training can be done at your pace and on your schedule.
Fee is fully reimbursable from troop funds.